Antiseptic telephone-mouthpiece.



U. V. FULLER. ANTISEPTIG TELEPHONE MOUTHPIEGE.

APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 28, 1912.

Patented July 16, 1912.

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ANTISEPTIQ TELEPHONEMOUTHPI-ECE;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE V. FULLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AntisepticTelephone-Mouthpieces, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to antiseptic guards for telephone mouth pieces or.transmitters.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide antiseptic guardswhich may bereadily attached to or detached from the usual type oftelephone mouth pieces.

Another object of the invention is to provide a guard of the characterdescribed which will automatically fasten itself to the outer, edge ofthe transmitter.

Another object of the invention is to provide a guard which is initiallytreated to render possible the formation of the fastening means.

A still furt-her object of the invention is to provide an antisepticguard which may be manufactured at a minimum cost, thereby permittingits general useso that it may be discarded when desired without anyappreciable or material loss.

To the accomplishment of the recited obj ects and others coordinatetherewith, the preferred embodiment of my invention resides in thatconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustratedin the accompanyingdrawings, and embraced 'withinthe scope of theappended claims.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is aperspective view of a telephonetransmitter illustrating the application of my invention. Fig. 2 isasectional elevation of the antiseptic guard and the mouth piece of thetransmitter. Fig. 3 isa front elevation of the guard detached, and Fig.4 is a sectional elevation of a portion of the guard showing theantiseptic coating.

Generally speaking, the invention comprises a single piece of paperarranged vto present a substantially conoidal form and I treated withany suitable antiseptic composition, the main body'portion of'the paperbeing flutedv or otherwise constructed so that V the outer marginal edgethereof may be bent rearwardly and again forwardly. upon itself to forma fastening means which coi'iperates Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1912.

' A lication filed February28, 1912. Serial No. 680,459.

with the corresponding outer edgeor rim of the mouth piece ortransmitter.

Referring more particularly to the drawings for a detail description ofmy invention, the numeral 1 designates the antiseptic guard formed of asingle piece of material,

outer marginal edge of the body 3"is, bent rearwardly at right angles tothe, latter, as

'at 5, to present an annular flange, and in turn, a portion of thisflange is flexed forwardly, as at 6. In this connection, it will bepointed out that the fluting of the material renders the formation ofthe flanges just described with facility. The antiseptic coating isindicated by 7 in Fig. 4.

In practical operation the lard 1 is grasped in the hand and gentlyforced into the transmitter 8 of a telephone, whereupon the inwardlydisposed flange .6 will ride over the extreme outer edge of thetransmitter until the latter occupies a position contiguous orcontacting with the material of which the guard is formed at thejunction of the body 3 and theangularly deflected flange 5. When thedevice has been caused to assume this position the flange 6 will,because of its inherent resiliency, spring inwardly so that the extremeedge thereof will engage the outer proximal end of the transmitter 7,but in a line below the extreme or distal end of the transmitter. Byvirtue of the foregoing arrangement the flange 6 will act in thecapacity of a looking or fastening means, and preclude any possibilityofthe antiseptic guard becoming accidentally removed or displaced relativethe transmitter. -At the .same time, however, the engagementsof theflange 6 is such that the entire guard may be easily removed from thetransmitter when the occasion requires. "Upon removing the device, itwill be manifest that the flange 6 will be forced up the outerincline'portio'n of the marginal edge of the transmitter and 'hv'ill liesufiiciently flat to allow an easy detachment.

What is claimed, is: 1 v j 1. An antiseptic guard for telephone icewardly disposed portion being adapted i0 engage the'periphery of themouth piece and maintain t e rearwardly disposed portion removedtherefrom.

in testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my 15 signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

CLAUDE V. FULLER. Witnesses:

ALBERT EDWIN BETTERIDGE, CHARLES F. MAY.,

